A Guide to Damage Threshold in 5e, Kraken attacking a sailing ship

A Complete GM’s Guide to Damage Threshold in D&D 5e

As a Game Master, you may want to include an element to your Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition adventures which involve the player characters either attacking or defending a specific structure. Now, you may think it’d be a relatively simple encounter, but 5e actually has an extra rule concerning large objects and structures; damage threshold. …

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How to Roll Stats in D&D 5e, 4 6-sided dice

A Complete Guide to Rolling for Ability Scores in D&D 5e

Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, like many other tabletop roleplaying games, often starts with players creating their characters. A part of that process is determining a character’s starting capabilities through stats or Ability Scores in 5e. By default, players roll dice to figure out their character’s statistics during the character creation process.   But, how …

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A Guide to Concentration in 5e, Wizard casting a spell

A Guide to How Concentration Works in D&D 5e

Many spells and some other abilities in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition create long-lasting or temporary effects on a target creature or object. These effects are usually pretty beneficial or detrimental, so they require the caster or creature using the ability to focus on them. This focus is called concentration and comes with it’s own …

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How to Calculate Armor Class in 5e

An Easy Guide to Determining Armor Class in D&D 5e

Being a combat-focused tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition often involves battles between the player characters and the various monsters set before them. Knowing when an attack hits or not is crucial for running combat encounters. As such, knowing how to calculate armor class in D&D 5e is integral to understanding the game. …

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A Guide to the Ready Action in 5e, Woman readying two shortswords for combat

An Easy Guide to How the Ready Action Works in D&D 5e

Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition has a myriad of actions creatures may take on their turns. One such action is the Ready action which allows a creature to hold an action until a specific event happens. But, being a pretty tactical decision, using the Ready action comes with its own intricacies.   How does the …

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A Guide to the Disengage Action in 5e, Woman disengaging from a man in a sword fight

A Complete Guide to the Disengage Action in D&D 5e

Combat in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition comes with many options for both player characters and monsters. As many a Game Master knows, players tend to be risk-averse, meaning they’ll avoid risks whenever possible. Part of that mindset involves staying away from enemies whenever possible, so you should know how the disengage action works in …

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A Guide to Surprise in 5e, Two warriors surprised by wolves in a forest

An Easy Guide to the Rules for Surprise in D&D 5e

Being a bit of a combat-focused TTRPG, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition allows both player characters and non-player characters a breadth of strategies and tactics to emply during battle. Of course, a classic strategy is ambushing enemies to surprise them. Luckily, 5e includes rules for surprising an unsuspecting enemy. Not so luckily, the rules can …

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